Extracurricular Puzzle

Bryan Caplan

By Bryan Caplan, Apr 8 2010

Colleges care about applicants’ extracurricular activities. Employers don’t. What’s going on? I’m tempted to just repeat my adage that, “Non-profits are crazy,” but even non-profit employers don’t seem very concerned about how you spend your spare time.

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My Letter to Wall Street Journal

David Henderson

On Monday, I sent a letter to the Wall Street Journal about its editorial, "The Separation of Health and State." Here it is: The title of your editorial, "The Separation of Health and State" (April 6), was better than the content. Given the Journal editorial page's admirable devotion to free markets, the title leads...

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Economic History

Did Bismarck's Anti-Socialist Laws Work?

Bryan Caplan

Lately I've been reading a lot about the politics of the German Empire (1870-1918). I was already vaguely familiar with Otto von Bismarck's Anti-Socialist Laws, but I was surprised by the details. The first of these laws passed in 1878; they lapsed in 1890. Their purpose was to curtail the threat of s...

Apr 8 2010

Economics of Education

Extracurricular Puzzle

Bryan Caplan

Colleges care about applicants' extracurricular activities. Employers don't. What's going on? I'm tempted to just repeat my adage that, "Non-profits are crazy," but even non-profit employers don't seem very concerned about how you spend your spare time. Theories?

Extracurricular Puzzle

Bryan Caplan

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